Hi, Dave........ In the German system a collection of towns within a district (county) is under the administrative jurisdiction of what is normally a larger town or city, a "city-seat". The latter is not the county-seat, but is included in it. http://members.cox.net/hessen/telephones.htm .......may help you to identify the "city-seat" for these groups of towns. Additionally, it will help you to identify the Catholic Parishes in the area you are interested in. In some cases the latter archives may have been centralized. Perhaps someone on the list, living in the area can sort it out for you much faster. :-) Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Stroebel" <davidstroebel@yahoo.com> To: <baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:42 AM Subject: [BW] Help Locating Catholic Parishes in Area around Sigmaringen